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There are many hill forts that punctuate the western escarpment; the majority of them belong to the Iron Age, and date from about 600 BC.

Bell Court was originally the name of one of the six manors which made up medieval Bidford.

The new outside market stalls which stretch along the Peel Street side and the back of the Market Hall were built in 2003 to replace the concrete umbrella market, which was demolished in 2002.

Another view of brooding Pendle Hill can be had from Whitewell. The wooded area along the river moving towards the Trough of Bowland is said to be reminiscent of Switzerland.

On the front of the building is an old sundial, and on the side a carving of Benjamin Skutt, who was Mayor of Poole in 1727.

By 1955, all-day parking was a necessity for the many employees of shops and offices in the vicinity. The changes in vehicle design and equipment make the contrast with 81741 of particular interest.

This mock-Tudor building was the Dunes Guesthouse, built in 1914 as part of a model middle-class seaside resort, which was designed by Glencain Stuart Ogilvie between 1910 and 1928.

This is a good study of the stark angularity favoured by 1960s architects. The children's clothing, too, is characteristic of the time.

Here we see a variety of village houses with a bicycle shop selling Raleigh bicycles, inner tubes and puncture kits. At the end of the street is the great medieval hall house, Emplins.

The Ferryboat Inn was a favourite haunt of fishermen; the oldest part of the inn is six hundred years old. There is a large inglenook hearth were there is always a fire.

We are looking down to the road, the old Lewes turnpike from the slopes of the South Downs at Offham (pro- nounced 'Oaf-ham') hill; this was the mustering place of De Montfort's unfortunate Londoners

The Chapel on the right has the polygonal war memorial shrine attached, designed by Ernest Newton (1920).

The narrow width of the medieval bridge is clearly seen, which even then required traffic lights to regulate the flow of vehicles. The noticeboards on the left speak of an era now disappeared.

Stoborough straddles the high road between Wareham and Corfe on the northern edge of the Isle of Purbeck.

It was one of the first colleges to be built in red brick at the time when the rather expensive fashion of imported stone began to decline.

On the right is the clock tower of Cambridge Hall; the clock and chimes were paid for by William Atkinson.

This view of Allerford's much photographed 15th-century packhorse bridge and ford looks much the same today. The guesthouse to the right now has a public bar.

The present tower, built in 1897 for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, stands on the site of the covered market, which also had a clock tower.

This is a view of Queen's Drive within the park. It was given this name following the visit of the Queen and Prince Philip to Stourbridge in 1957.

A lady checks her list as she makes her rounds of the shops.

Named after the Duke of Cambridge, Queen Victoria's uncle, this most distinguished of buildings opened as a military hospital in 1879 and remained in use for 117 years.

The name of the town was first recorded in AD 955 as Andeferas. Andover was a municipal borough as long ago as the reign of King John, and later became an established centre for the wool trade.

NOW, as we come into the third millennium, it is possible to see that all three communities have become essentially suburban areas, in that few people depend for their living on locally owned farms

In the 17th and 18th centuries, the Quay was a scene of bustling activity with barges loading and unloading their cargoes.